Steven Stanton Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

I have over 40 years of experience assisting clients with litigation, forensic accounting investigations, financial statement audits and consulting assignments. I provide expert witness testimony in federal and state courts and arbitrations, as well as serves as an arbitrator. In addition, I served as an independent monitor for companies in connection with the resolution of SEC and health care enforcement matters. I have been recognized as one of the world’s leading forensic accountants by Who’s Who Legal.I assist with high profile, complex dispute and investigative issues, including SEC and DOJ enforcement matters in which there are alleged accounting irregularities, and related shareholder litigation. I recently assisted several well-known companies in SEC investigations into revenue recognition practices. I served as the lead accounting expert in a $1.4 billion post-sale dispute in the pharmaceutical industry and as a consultant in a $2 billion post-acquisition dispute involving electric power plant construction. I served as an expert witness for the nation’s largest hospital company in a $650 million dispute and led a team in defending a large hospital system in litigation alleging that health care costs and insurance premiums were inflated due to anticompetitive practices. Furthermore, I assisted counsel representing former executives of a major financial services company under criminal investigation. He also helped counsel with forensic accounting investigations and executive defense in accounting fraud and stock option backdating matters. Other highlights of my experience include a $2 billion claim related to a bankrupt energy company; an investigation into the $1.4 billion underfunding of the San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System; a forensic investigation to facilitate global enforcement of a $261 million arbitration award against Indonesia’s national oil company; and numerous post-acquisition disputes.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I led Deloitte's Litigation & Dispute Consulting Services in the US. I have assisted companies and their legal counsel in high profile, complex disputes and investigations including:- frequently serve as an expert witness on accounting, financial reporting and damages issues- SEC enforcement matters in which there are alleged accounting irregularities;- served as an expert witness for the nation's largest hospital company in a $650 million dispute arising from the acquisition of 11 hospitals;-served as an arbitrator in post-acquisition disputes;- an investigation into the $1.4 billion underfunding of the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System;- white collar defense of company executives involving accounting and financial reporting issues including stock option backdating;-a forensic accounting investigation to facilitate global enforcement of a $261 million arbitration award against Indonesia's national oil and gas company;a $400 million accounting investigation of a publicly traded health care company;- served as an independent consultant / monitor for several companies in connection with settlement agreements with the SEC and the HHS OIG.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Navigant Consulting is a specialized independent consulting firm that assists clients in addressing the critical challenges of litigation, regulation and business model change. While at Navigant, I was a Managing Director in the Disputes & Investigations practice. I also served as the practice leader for the East Region Disputes & Investigations practice, the Office Managing Director for the 350-person Washington, DC office and served a five-year term on the firm-wide Operating Committee.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I spent 16 years in Andersen's audit practice where I progressed from staff accountant to partner. During that period I assisted and led hundreds of financial statement audits including companies such as Marriott International, Washington Gas Light and Danaher Corporation. I also worked on audits of privately held, not-for-profit and government entities. The last two years of my tenure at Andersen were in the Litigation and Investigations practice.